{"podcast":{"title":"Blood Work","slug":"blood-work-7518569","podcast_index_feed_id":7518569,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/bloodwork/feed.xml","website_url":"https://bloodwork.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/21421648/bloodwork_hero_art144095vo7.jpg","author":"bloodwork","episode_count":44,"summary":"A show about the Economy of Violence","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T06:21:11.080226+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blood-work-7518569"},"episode":{"title":"Warp & Weft: Afghan War Rugs","slug":"warp-weft-afghan-war-rugs","published_at":"2026-06-02T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blood-work-7518569/warp-weft-afghan-war-rugs","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blood-work-7518569","url":"https://bloodwork.podbean.com/e/warp-weft-afghan-war-rugs/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4bgwbwyrsrhpt5dp/EP35_WAR_RUGS_Mixdown_18ee9s.mp3","summary":"We explore the cultural history of rug-weaving in Afghanistan, and how decades of war caused that country’s craft and conditions into a morbid reciprocity. If you enjoyed this episode:– Support Blood Work via Patreon– Leave a rating or review on your podcast app– Follow us on Bluesky / Instagram / Twitter Blood Work is a Scam Goldin ProductionThis episode was produced by Thomas O’MahonyOur theme song is ‘Dream Weapon’ by Genghis TronOur artwork is provided courtesy of KT Kobel THIS WEEK IN VIOLENCE: Super Smash TVALSO AVAILABLE IN AUDIOThis week, some light entertainment for you, in the form of recent developments surrounding the Trump administration’s planned UFC fight on the White House lawn as part of America’s 250th anniversary celebrations. Sources: Afghan Rug Shop, ‘80cm x 60cm Fall of Afghanistan War Rug’, Afghan Rug Shop Naman P. Ahuja (2019), ‘War Rugs’, Marg Publications, available via academia.edu Max Allen (2008), ‘Battleground: War Rugs from Afghanistan’, Textile Museum of Canada, available via archive.org Rachel Edman (2020), ‘An introduction to War Rugs’, MacGuffin Magazine, available via Rachel Edman Bettina Gräf (2023), ‘Drone Rugs: Knotted Images as a Reminder of the Cruel Global Present’, Suzanna in the Bath. Essays on Middle East Studies and Public Discourse, available via academia.edu Impart (2025), ‘Afghan War Rugs’, Impart Nigel Lendon and Tim Bonyhady, Rugs of War (Wordpress) RespectableLawyer (2018), ‘THREAD: Afghan War Rugs and the Lossy Compression of Cultural Coding’, Twitter/X, available via Threadreader and archive.today Ron O’Callaghan (2003), ‘Afghan War Rugs: A Sub-group With Iranian Influence’, Rug Review, available via archive.today Kevin Sudeith, WarRug.com Brian Spooner (2011), ‘Afghan Wars, Oriental Carpets, and Globalization’, Exp…","meta_description":"We explore the cultural history of rug-weaving in Afghanistan, and how decades of war caused that country’s craft and conditions into a morbid reciprocity…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4315,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/blood-work-7518569/episodes/warp-weft-afghan-war-rugs/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/blood-work-7518569/warp-weft-afghan-war-rugs.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}